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5thelement

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  1. Maybe you have just assumed that because the tree looked sparse, that it logically had ADB? It probably didn't and was more likely suffering from drought stress and made a recovery.
  2. Get it fixed and sold on, then put the money towards a brand new ported 346xp from customsaws, it will see you through till retirement. 👍
  3. Sorry Rishi, I can’t commit to my National Service as I am suffering from long Covid, prove I am not.
  4. Grew up with whippets/racing, fantastic breed and would suit your lifestyle, I’d contact whippet clubs., still several up North. Had Border Terriers for the last 15 years, the old boy is on his last legs now, would certainly have another, clever, strong, quiet, full of character. The French don’t really do ‘Sight’ dogs so a whippet here is out of the question, Jack Russel, Fox Terrier and Dachshund are common. The French Dachshund is commonly known as a Teckel, not the Dachshund you would be familiar with in the UK, it’s a wire haired, thick set short legged working terrier and is certainly on my list when the old boy passes.
  5. Thank god Usyk has finally shut those feckers up, Tyson had the right to mouth off as he was the reigning champion, but his dad should be muzzled in public.
  6. They all piss in the same pot, whatever the colour, scum the lot of them.
  7. The current shit bag Government had a study done by a professor at the University of Sheffield a few years back. She identified over 1 million habitable properties nationwide lying empty, perfect for compulsory purchase by local councils if they had the funding. The data didnt fit with the party rhetoric, so the data got FIB. The amount of rough sleepers that are ex-military is also very high, but according to the likes of Braverman et al, it’s a lifestyle choice.
  8. I would be very surprised if a 20 year old mixed hardwood plantation had material of a suitable size to meet any training/assessing requirements for groundbased chainsaw units.
  9. Iron Mike seems to be doing a pretty good job with his award winning Low Impact Forestry business, he is shit hot on the decks as well.
  10. They have probably been waiting on a response from the LPA to confirm if it’s TPO’d or not. 😂
  11. Canelo would destroy him any day of the week, twice on Sunday.
  12. Nah, it will be just full of pontificating low life, scum sucking bottom dwellers.
  13. IMG_1359.mov The quality pollards that you see here are started young with a long term plan, rather than creating a UK style hat rack from a mature tree and calling it a pollard. There are many regional variations on style/form and species, some are created purely for Summer shade whilst enjoying an expresso. I’ve seen some stunning avenues of Lime, Plane and even Horse chestnut. They tend to leave trees to do their own thing also, rather than sanitising everything because of risk, I see street trees everyday here that would be condemned in the UK, they will still be here when I am gone. A couple of examples of free standing fruit trees trained on wire, and a new Fig planted last week, and a couple from down my street and around the village.
  14. I drive a Defender here in France. I usually travel around an hour to most jobs, when I arrive the flat windscreen resembles a war zone/bloodbath that has to be squeegeed down before I can drive home. I drove from Deal to an RSPB reserve near Tunbridge Wells last September, that is from the Kent Coast, crossing the whole County into East Sussex, not a single blemish.
  15. Has anyone had any experience using the telescopic Silky Hayauchi pole pruners? Looking at the 7m saw and shear combo for reduction work, pricy but hoping it should have the build quality to match.
  16. Definitely not tree of heaven.
  17. No buds resembling any Ash that I have come across and the bark is all wrong.
  18. I took down a couple of trees yesterday, one of which I haven’t been able to fully ID. I priced it in Winter, reckoned on a Tilia and Acer from the bud formation. Arrived yesterday, Tilia correct but Acer looks a little like Negundo but isn’t, hard/white/heavy timber, no discernible smell, Cherry Laurel like bark, not Tree of Heaven, around 40’ tall, spreading habit rather than lapsed pollard. Location-SW France
  19. It’s under 200 quid with a 5 year lifespan from purchase, that’s a massive difference over a new TM, who’s actually used a harness everyday and got 10 years out of it? Mine are usually shabby and rank after 3.
  20. They sold out sharpish and had some pretty good reviews, especially at the price.
  21. With the exception of HGV, I can’t think of any ex forces who I have encountered that had any qualifications worth squat in the outside world, certainly not chainsaw/forestry/arb related.
  22. After Biblical rain on Friday, the weather has settled so today is bright and breezy. Just walked the dog down to the river to check out the flood levels and saw the first Swallows of the year.
  23. It’s been the wettest Winter anyone can remember so far.
  24. Wife’s recipe, not pasta but risotto. I find risotto the best thing in the world to cook, as I can open a bottle of wine even though the recipe only requires a splash, then finish the rest off whilst adding the stock ladle by ladle, good Parmesan is a must.

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